Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds weakened by the BP oil spill and decades of overharvesting and human encroachment.
750 volunteers from all over the country descended on Biloxi, Miss. for the official kickoff to the 2006 national campaign, launching a full-day of Hurricane Katrina Restoration activites.
Following the riots in London, crowds of people turned out to help clean up the glass and ashes left on streets in cities across the country. A photo of brooms raised in the air has become an internet sensation via Twitter, and used by journalists to praise the decent citizens who have come out in full force.
While Egyptians battle for their political future, social change is already sweeping the country. Amid the protesters, volunteers are sweeping the streets, picking up litter, and handing out food.
The Japan Animal Rescue Shelter has undertaken several clandestine and dangerous trips into the exclusion zone to rescue 200 dogs and cats from the now off-limits towns around the power plant.
In the aftermath of the riots, a couple of noble London are injecting some guerrilla design into the cleanup process, and helping those who can't rebuild.
Retired grandparents Jeanne and Burt Metz lost their home when Superstorm Sandy hit Breezy Point, New York. A volunteer organization told the couple that their floors and walls would be rebuilt – but little did the Metz family know that hundreds of people were working to resurrect their entire house.
It is generally accepted that volunteering is a good thing to do for others. But is it true volunteering also benefits the volunteer? UnitedHealth Group wanted to look into this phenomenon further so they decided to conduct a comprehensive survey and analysis on the positive effects employees and employers receive from volunteering.
An Iowa girl, whose stubborn leukemia is blasted every week with chemotherapy, jumped at the chance to receive a song made especially for her. It's called Songs of Love.
Trista Hopkins, a U.S. Army veteran in Dallas who was raising two daughters in a dilapidated home with holes in the roof and no running water, now has a renovated home with new furnishings -- just in time for Thanksgiving.
Volunteers around the world are sewing and sending mittens to help koalas that suffered burns on their paws while trying to escape the catastrophic bush fires in South Australia and Victoria.
On Saturday, September 24th, more than 170,000 Americans will volunteer at parks and beaches across the country building trails, removing invasive plants and picking up trash in honor of National Public Lands Day. Admission fees into national parks will by waived for the general public that day, a gift from the 100 or so parks that normally charge entrance fees.